Ash handler



w. o. ENGELKE.

ASH HANDLER.

APPLICATION man um.15. 1920.

1,407,847. Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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UNITED STATES ISAQTENT OFFICE.

wiL iAiit n. EuG'ELKEL or sir. rim, semester 7 is Kim L E;

To aZZ whom-it may concern:

Be it knownthatl, VILLIAM' D. ENGELKE, a citizen of the United States; residing at StfPaul, in" the county of Ramsey and" State of Minnesota have invented a new'anduse ful Improvement in Ash Handlers; of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ash handlersythe' pr1m'ary'Ob ect being to remove'a'shes from below; the fire grat'es'of locomotives and boilersto one side of: the rail-5' way track or road bedior to a point'distant from the boiler in an expeditiolisand efficient manner, not requiring rehandling of ashes and cinders as heretofore'antlovercoming the" ma'ny 'obj'ect'ions' incident to dumping ashes inas'h pits. Afur'ther object is to provide in a structure which will accomplish the "above improved result,'means whereby the apparatus can-be made to deliver the ashes to eitheror bothsid'es of the track or road bed,'and furthei' to control the operation elevation of a" portion of alocomotive showi invention applied thereto; Fig; 2' is an I end of a" detail taken'on the liIie8-'3of FigLQ." Inthe drawing, A' indicates the boiler of the locomotive, mounted upon the usual'truck elevation of the boiler and fire boi; illustrated in Fig. 1, showing my inventionyin part; applie'dthe'reto andTig. 3 is a section wheels iohaving the usual steam dome 11. B indicates the cab and'G thefire box' containing the usual fire grate'12; Below the grate is the usualfash hopper-"13'. To the lowerend of thishopper'fI attach an ash receptacle 1 1,"which*is divided a transver'se wall15into twocompartment's 16 and 1'7; the compartment 16 connecting with a downwardly and outwardly slanting ash chute 18 and the compartment 1? connecting with a downwardly and outwnrdly slanting ash chute 19, said chute's'being directed in opposite directions aic'rossthe "road'bed below the locomotive and being adapted to conduct the ashes and cin'ders on'either or both sides of the track and road bed and away from anv pit that may occur below the locomotive.

The upper ends of the compartments 16 and 17 are provided with hopper doors 21 and 22 which are adapted to be swung downwardlyby their shafts 23 and 241 to admit Specification of Letters Patent. Patented F b 28 192k Ap 'ucafimi filed January 15, 1920; Serial no; 351,532;

the ashes and cinder's' from the hopper into either receptacle 16 01'17 desired; When m: horizontal (closed position); they hold the ashes 'and' cinders from entering the receptacle then" closed'i Thesh'afts 2 3 and 24 are-journaled' in the walls of chm-using formi'ngthe' receptacle 14 and are turned toopen and close the doors by crank" arms 25 and EZG; connectingrodsQT and 28 and two manually operable lever handles {2 and extendmgupwardly into the cab B in convenient position-for an attend'a-nt to swing the same over aratchet'e'ngag'ed quadrant 30 and adjustthe position of the' doors.

The lower end 31 of the lever 43 isattached to thec'onnect'ing' rod 27 and the lower end 32' ot" lever 42' is connected to theconnec'ting rod'28. The arrangement of the connections between the arms 42' and 43an'd the door shafts 28' and 24 is such that either doorcan be closed. Thus the ash chutes will tieliver-ashes to either or 'bothside's of the road bed according to when th'ey are opened.

ceptacle 14 through thechutes, I utilize a" blast of steam pressure issuing froni the st'eam dome 11 or a blast of water froinbe low the water line in the boiler A. This is" supplied by a pair blast tubes 35 and 36 having thei'r 'outlet' ends aijrang'ed respectively in andadja'centftothe chutes 19 and 18 and directed outwardly 'so a's' to blow the ashes and Cinders outwardly from the chutes to either-side of the road bed. The tubes? is connected by a valved branch 37' with the steam dome and by a valved branch 38 with theboiler below its water line and the tube 36 is connected" by a valved branch 39 with the? steamYdome and by a valved br-anch 4t0 with the"boi le r below its water line; Thus when" the valved branch directly connected withthe steam' dome" is 3 opened, high pressure steam will blow the ashes through the chute thus effe'oted', while if the valvedbr'anch connected w th the boiler belowv its water line is opened steam an'd waterfunder pressure willblow, theflas hes outwerdly'through the chute, e f-i fecte'd. In operation one or both of the compartments are opened and their companion blast tubes operated to quickly and efiiciently expel ashes from the hopper. The entire device is simple in construction and effective in operation to remove ashes and cinders to either side of the road bed below the locomotive. When desireddefiectors ll may be employed over the outer end or the chiites 18 and 19 to direct the ashes and cinders in a more direct downward 'direccinder pit construction andgmaintenance, as

it, will be possible to use the invention to de- -v liver theashes and ,cinders from the ash pan ofthe engine or from below the grate of any fire grate .to the. cinder car, without shoveling by; hand asi'snow done- Myinventionc will also lessen to a great extent the amount of dust raised by fast moving trains byde livering the cinders and ashes outside ofthe ends ofthe ties, which will place the dust and cinders outside of the forceof suction of air caused by fast moving trains. While I- have shown oneparticular arrangement of parts on ,a locomotive,-it will be understood that the arrangement of parts will be varied 4;- accordance with the class and type of engine and boiler to which my invention is applied. i

-;;In accordancewith the patent statutes have described the principlesof operation:

of 'my-invention, together with the appara- .,.be,c'arried out by other means and applied tenses other than those above set forth:

, either side'of said roadfbed. *Having described vmyinvention, what I; claim as newfand desire to'protect by Letterstusi which I now consider to'represent thebest e'mbodinent thereof, but I desire to have it understood that theconstruction shown 1s only illustrative and that the invention can WithlllxtllfrSCOPB of the following claims.

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; either side ofthe road bed belowthe loco- ,ing from the, bottom of the receiver 0ut- 11 'In combination with a locomotive boiler and fireggrate, an ash receiver below said grate having conveying means leading from the; bottom otthe receiver outwardly. to

motive, -means'for directing the ashesfrom the fire-grateto said ash rece ver anda steam connection with said boiler arranged to blow; a blast ofsteam outwardly through said con- V veying means to eject ashes from, said re-i and fire grate, an ash, receiver below said grate having lateral conveying means leadwardly'to either side of the roadbed below the locomotive, means for directing the ashes from the fire grateto said ash receiver and a valved steam connection with said boiler arranged with its outlet adjacent to said conveying means and adapted to blow a blast of steam outwardly through said conveying ;means to eject ashes from said receiver entirely to either side of said road bed, the valve of said steam connection being located withinthe cab of the locomotive, for the grate vhavinga'pairof ducts-leading outwardly in opposite directionsto discharge toi oppositeisides of; the roadbed below the 10- comotive,imeans for directing the, ashes from the fire grate to said ash reoeiverjand valved steamconnections-with said boiler for said ducts, arranged to discharge steami-nto the respective ducts and outwardly therethrough and to eject ashesfrom said receiver to the sides of said road bed a Y j r 4; In combination with a locomotive boiler and'fire grate, a hopperbelow said grate, an

ash receptacle into which-said hopper connects, means for closing or opening the entrance into saidreceptacle,'means for'o er" ating said closing and opening means to. c ose or, open said receptacle, said receptacle havingconveying 'means leading outwardly to, either side and transversely of the "road bed bel wthe--locomotive, and a valved steam connection with jsaidboiler arranged with its outlet adjacent to saidconveying means and adaptedto blow ablast ofrsteam outwardly through said conveying means to eject ashes from Said receptacle entirely to ,5. In combination with alocomotive-boiler;

and fire "grate, a hopper below said grate, a

pair of receptacles into whichisaid hopper connects-cachet said receptacles having a door closing its entrance, means for closing and opening said doors, said. means being op.- erable from. wthin the cab of the locomotive and said receptacles having ducts leading outwardly to opposite sides of the road bed; below the locomotive, and valved steam connections with said boiler arranged withtheir outlets adj acent, to, said ducts to discharge steam into. the respectiveduct's and .out-

j vardly therethrough and to eject ashes from 7 2... In combination with a' locomotive boiler said receptacles to the sides'ot said road bed,- i

In testimony whereot, name to this specification,

I have igned my 

